(05-22-2017, 09:27 AM)Vexander Wrote:(05-22-2017, 09:22 AM)Sig Wrote: (3) Again, the long term solutions here are: (1) convince SE to lift the transfer restriction [and implement alternative population control measures if necessary]; or (2) convince SE to designate an official RP server. No one stands anything to gain by splitting the party, man.You keep missing the third long term solution though. Roleplayers designate a new RP server on their own, and consolidate there.
Vex, based on your prior post, I understand that you have tossed all of your eggs in the Maetus basket, and I wish you the best there, and hope that the trend of small RP servers floundering is reversed [by SE designating an official RP server on Maetus, Balmung, or elsewhere, or by the transfer restriction being lifted and everyone coming back into the Balmung fold].
But self-interest colors your proposal; it is not reasonable (or even remotely probable) to expect /thousands/ of RPers who have invested countless of hours on ongoing plots, millions in gil on housing, and have deep-rooted connections to leave Balmung and join a new "unofficial RP server."Â This is why you're not seeing a mass exodus of players to Maetus - most will likely limit their activities to "rolling alts" at most to support the community there.
At most, we could be looking a scenario where if SE does not lift the server restriction over 6-12 months, the size/diversity/health of the RP community on both servers declines, and RPers are forced to pick and choose between increasingly stagnate communities. The RP population - in all of its diversity and size - would basically get chopped in half, thereby chopping in half the frequency of RP, types of RP, diversity of RP, etc. This would be unfortunate on a number of levels for the reasons stated in the OP.
